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The Quest for Arthur's Britain
Geoffrey Ashe
Paperback - $30.95
The story of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is the chief myth of Britain. But is it something more than myth? Solid facts have emerged through the recent work of archaeologists. This book examines the historical foundations of the Arthuria ...
Alfred the Great : Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources
John Asser
Paperback - $26.95
As king of Wessex, he strove to emulate those kings of the past who, in his own words, had 'succeeded both in warfare and in wisdom'. He led the battle against the Viking invaders of England, and presided over the revival of religion and learning amo ...
The Battle of Crecy, 1346
Andrew Ayton
Paperback - $57.95
With additional contributions from Franoise Autrand, Christophe Piel, Michael Prestwich, and Bertrand Schnerb. On the evening of 26 August 1346, the greatest military power in Christendom, the French royal army with Philip VI at its head, was defeate ...
Stoke Field : The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses
David Baldwin
Hardcover - $65.95
The Battle of Stoke, the last and most neglected armed clash of the Wars of the Roses, is one of history's great might-have-beens. The forces of the first Tudor king Henry VII confronted the rebel army of the pretender Lambert Simnel and his commande ...
The Government of Philip Augustus : Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages
John W. Baldwin
Paperback - $107.95
In the thirteenth century the French kings won ascendancy over France, while France achieved political and cultural supremacy over western Europe. Based on French sources, this meticulously documented study provides an account of how Philip Augustus ...
Byzantine Dress : Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth- To Twelfth-Century Painting
Jennifer L. Ball
Hardcover - $170.95
The book is a study of representations of secular dress in Byzantine paintings, primarily portraits, made between the eighth and twelfth centuries